Brian Morton

3 weeks ago | thetablet.co.uk | Brian Morton

The world isn’t done with Elton John yet, and he isn’t by any means done with music. Eighteen or 80, this is one of the year-so-far’s few essential albums. Elton John believes Who Believes in Angels? is his best record since Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy. And Brian Morton agrees with himRegister for free to read this article in fullSubscribe for unlimited accessFrom just £37.50 quarterly   Print copy of The Tablet delivered directly to your door.

1 month ago | thetablet.co.uk | Brian Morton

Tablet features – Lent 2025 – a rowan rosaryGardeners piously announce that one never plants a tree for oneself but for one’s great-grandchildren. Serious tree people scoff at this notion. It is perfectly possible to plant a tree for yourself, just as it is to ask in prayer for a happy outcome in a personal health matter. Register for free to read this article in fullSubscribe for unlimited accessFrom just £37.50 quarterly   Print copy of The Tablet delivered directly to your door.

Feb 12, 2025 | thetablet.co.uk | Brian Morton

Mining Men: Britain’s Last Kings of the CoalfaceMining Men: Britain’s Last Kings of the CoalfaceRegister for free to read this article in fullSubscribe for unlimited accessFrom just £37.50 quarterly   Print copy of The Tablet delivered directly to your door.   Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content.   Access to the weekly digital copy of The Tablet.   Full access to The Tablet’s archive – over 180 years of back issues. Already a subscriber? Login

Jan 14, 2025 | thetablet.co.uk | Brian Morton |Brendan Walsh

Although David Lodge, who died on 1 January aged 89, will forever be regarded as a ‘campus novelist’, he was much more than thatAlthough David Lodge, who died on 1 January aged 89, will forever be regarded as a ‘campus novelist’, he was much more than thatRegister for free to read this article in fullSubscribe for unlimited accessFrom just £37.50 quarterly   Print copy of The Tablet delivered directly to your door.   Complete access to all Tablet website content including all premium content.

Oct 16, 2024 | thetablet.co.uk | Brian Morton

If the discovery of polonium and radium helped to make the invisible visible, women were still largely invisible in science. The Elements of Marie Curie: How the Glow of Radium Lit a Path for Women in Science DAVA SOBELFOURTH ESTATE, 336 PP, £22TABLET BOOKSHOP PRICE £19.80 • TEL 020 7799 4064HENRY ADAMS described Marie Curie’s discovery of radium as a “metaphysical bomb”, and so it was. Radioactivity meant that the God-given fixity of the elements was an illusion.